Filmmaker: Detroit, the Future of America

7/19/2013 4:13PM

Filmmaker Heidi Ewing's documentary "Detropia" presented a collage of Detroit on the brink of dissolution, taking the prize for editing at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. She joins the News Hub to offer her perspective on the city's bankruptcy filing. Photo: Loki Films.

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